(Times photo/John Richmeier) Austrian Lt. Gen. GŸnter Hšfler and Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV unveil a photograph of Hšfler during an International Hall of Fame ceremony at Fort Leavenworth. Hšfler was one of the three inductees honored at the ceremony. Caldwell is the commander of the Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth. Also pictured are the other two inductees, retired Brig. Gen. Edward O. Collins of Guyana and Brig. Gen. Lloyd Gillett of Belize.



They previously were students at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. But they returned this week as Hall of Famers.

Three men were inducted into the International Hall of Fame Thursday at Fort Leavenworth.

“It’s really a big honor for me to be here today,” said Austrian Lt. Gen. GŸnter Hšfler, one of the inductees.


Another inductee, retired Brig. Gen. Lloyd Gillett of Belize, said he had dreamed of being inducted into the Hall of Fame while he was a student of the CGSC.

“I tried to get them to induct me before I left,” he quipped.

The third inductee, retired Brig. Gen. Edward O. Collins of Guyana said Thursday’s ceremony could be seen as a “moment of crowning glory” for his career.



“The images of this ceremony will stay with me forever,” Collins said.

Just as, he said, the images he has of his time as a CGSC student.

Established in 1973, the International Hall of Fame honors CGSC graduates who have attained some of the highest positions of military importance in their countries’ armed forces.



Hšfler, Gillett and Collins are the 224th, 225th and 226th inductees respectively.

Hšfler is the commander of Joint Forces Command for the Austrian Armed Forces. He graduated from the CGSC in 1991. He is the third officer from Austria to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Gillett served as the commander of the Belize Defence Force and recently was selected as the chief executive officer to the Belize minister of national security. He graduated from the CGSC in 1996. He is the second officer from Belize to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.



When introducing Gillett, Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, commanding general of the Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, noted that the inductee had retired from the armed forces of Belize only a day earlier.

Collins, who is retired from the Guyana Defence Force, served as the chief of staff.

Collins graduated from the CGSC in 1997. He is the first officer from Guyana to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.



With the assistance of Caldwell, each inductee unveiled a photograph of himself that will be used in the Hall of Fame.

Inductees also were presented certificates from retired Navy Capt. Dorsey J. Moore and retired Army Lt. Gen. Robert Arter. Arter also presented each inductee a gift.

Moore represented the Military Order of the World Wars. Arter represented the CGSC Foundation.



Along with the CGSC, the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars and the CGSC Alumni Association, which is now the CGSC Foundation, established the International Hall of Fame.

Hšfler said the classes he had at the CGSC proved to be helpful later in his career.

“The knowledge and skills I learned here have served me well,” Gillett said during his remarks.



Collins told current students he was confident that dedication shown at the CGSC will prepare them for tasks ahead.

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Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, Command and General Staff College commandant; Lt. Gen. Guenter Hoefler, Joint Forces Command commander, Austrian Armed Forces; and Brig. Gen. Lloyd Gillett, Belize Defence Force commander listen to the remarks of Brig. Gen. Edward Collins, Guyana Defence Force chief of staff, during the International Hall of Fame induction ceremony for the three Command and General Staff College graduates April 3 in Eisenhower Auditorium. Lamp photo by Prudence Siebert.



Melissa Bower | Staff Writer

Three former Command and General Staff College international students were inducted into the college's International Hall of Fame April 3.

The recent inductees studied at the CGSC in the 1990s. Lt. Gen. Guenter Hoefler, commander, Joint Forces Command, Austrian Armed Forces, graduated in 1991. Brig. Gen. Lloyd Gillett, commander, Belize Defence Force, graduated in 1996. Brig. Gen. Edward O. Collins, chief of staff, Guyana Defence Force, graduated in 1997.

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The International Hall of Fame, established in 1973, honors international CGSC students who have "attained one of the highest positions of military importance in their respective country's armed forces, or who have held an equivalent position of rank or responsibility in a multinational military organization." Past inductees have included top generals, defense secretaries and presidents.

Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, commanding general of the Combined Arms Center and CGSC commandant, presented the certificates of honor inducting each into the International Hall of Fame.

"It's a distinct honor representing three different continents today, to have you with us to be a part of this, we are very much honored and privileged to have you," he said.



Caldwell said less than the top three percent of all international students are inducted. Their portraits hang along the third floor of the Lewis and Clark Center.

Hoefler is the 224th inductee into the International Hall of Fame and the third from Austria. He was first commissioned into the Austrian Armed Forces via the Theresian Military Academy in Weiner Neustadt. He served as commander, Command for International Operations, before being selected as commander, Joint Forces Command of the Austrian Armed Forces in 2006.

Hoefler said multinational peacekeeping was an important lesson, along with common staff procedures. He adapted many lessons learned at the CGSC for use in his military career.



Hoefler and his wife Elisabeth have two grown children, Jakob and Anna. His children were infants when Hoefler attended the CGSC.

"We really spent the best year of our lives at Leavenworth," he said.

Gillett is the 225th inductee and the second from Belize. Gillett retired April 2 from his country's armed forces and now serves as chief executive officer to the Belize Minister of National Security. He began his military career in 1981 when he entered the Belize Defence Force. Gillett attended the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, United Kingdom, in 1984 where he was named Best Overseas Cadet. Gillett also graduated from the Canadian Forces Staff School, Toronto, Canadian Forces Land Staff College, Ontario, Can., and the Royal College of Defence Studies, London. Gillett said attending the CGSC in Leavenworth enhanced his military education.



"The curriculum here gave me a solid foundation on a range of military and strategic issues," he said. "It also gave me the opportunity to work on my weak areas by taking electives that helped me address those weaknesses. Today, I'm still using the skills that I learned in my national security policy formulation course. We are currently developing a national security strategy for Belize."

Collins is the 226th inductee and the first from Guyana. He retired from military service last fall. He entered the Guyana Defence Force in 1974 as a second lieutenant. Collins attended the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff Course in Ontario, and the Advanced Continental Defense Course, Inter-American Defense College in Washington, D.C. Collins and his wife, Bernadette, have three daughters, Charmayne, Orlyn and Anna.

Collins called induction into the International Hall of Fame the crowning glory of his career. He said attending the CGSC had a lasting effect on his continued success because of the processes he learned and the networks he built.



"The Leavenworth experience was both important, to me, in content and form," he said. "But it was the form that had the lasting impact on my mind and career."

Current international military students were among those who attended the ceremony. Maj. Nayef Yousef, Bahrain, and Maj. Fahad Al Matrif, Saudi Arabia, both said achieving induction into the International Hall of Fame would be a high honor.

"I can say that you've got to work hard and think about your career," Al Matrif said. "They did the things that bring them here. Their efforts have, in many ways, impacted me to contribute the same to my country and my people."


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Collins is famous for his ineptness as an army chief who befriended the FF at Buxton.

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Originally posted by Ramakant_p:
Collins is famous for his ineptness as an army chief who befriended the FF at Buxton.

Well, congrats to the man anyway. The GDF's most famous crowning glory is conducting war against the civilian population of Guyana for decades. Yes, they did put down the Rupunnuni uprising of a few dozen lightly armed cowboys. Since then it was just putting down the aspirations of the people of Guyana.

Once again congrats on a job well done.

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Originally posted by Ramakant_p:
Collins is famous for his ineptness as an army chief who befriended the FF at Buxton.

Rama, yourself and the Guyana Government led by Jagdeo himself was unhappy with Collins for Running the PPP No. 1 money maker from dealing drugs and their No. 1 assassin Roger Khan out of the country!

The chief of staff who is inept and doesn't have a clue and is a chief of staff because Jagdeo needed a lackey in that position is Best. The same goes for Henry Greene, no wonder criminals can kill and roam free in Guyana.

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Originally posted by Lion King:

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Originally posted by Ramakant_p:
Collins is famous for his ineptness as an army chief who befriended the FF at Buxton.

Rama, yourself and the Guyana Government led by Jagdeo himself was unhappy with Collins for Running the PPP No. 1 money maker from dealing drugs and their No. 1 assassin Roger Khan out of the country!

The chief of staff who is inept and doesn't have a clue and is a chief of staff because Jagdeo needed a lackey in that position is Best. The same goes for Henry Greene, no wonder criminals can kill and roam free in Guyana.

How come you did not feed that piece of information to the US DEA.

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Originally posted by baseman:

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Originally posted by Lion King:

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Originally posted by Ramakant_p:
Collins is famous for his ineptness as an army chief who befriended the FF at Buxton.

Rama, yourself and the Guyana Government led by Jagdeo himself was unhappy with Collins for Running the PPP No. 1 money maker from dealing drugs and their No. 1 assassin Roger Khan out of the country!

The chief of staff who is inept and doesn't have a clue and is a chief of staff because Jagdeo needed a lackey in that position is Best. The same goes for Henry Greene, no wonder criminals can kill and roam free in Guyana.

How come you did not feed that piece of information to the US DEA.

The DEA has all they need. I think you been in India too long, you are too far away from the realities of what is going on in Guyana.

Jagdeo would have been better off asking the DEA for two helipcopters instead of buying those two junk helicopters they bought for next to nothing so they can pocket a big chunk of the money!

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Originally posted by Lion King:
Rama, yourself and the Guyana Government led by Jagdeo himself was unhappy with Collins for Running the PPP No. 1 money maker from dealing drugs and their No. 1 assassin Roger Khan out of the country!

The chief of staff who is inept and doesn't have a clue and is a chief of staff because Jagdeo needed a lackey in that position is Best. The same goes for Henry Greene, no wonder criminals can kill and roam free in Guyana.

I sincerely hope you don't ever find out the truth.

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Originally posted by Lion King:

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Originally posted by baseman:

The chief of staff who is inept and doesn't have a clue and is a chief of staff because Jagdeo needed a lackey in that position is Best. The same goes for Henry Greene, no wonder criminals can kill and roam free in Guyana.

How come you did not feed that piece of information to the US DEA.

The DEA has all they need. I think you been in India too long, you are too far away from the realities of what is going on in Guyana.

Jagdeo would have been better off asking the DEA for two helipcopters instead of buying those two junk helicopters they bought for next to nothing so they can pocket a big chunk of the money![/QUOTE]


Interesting, and they issued a report citing no evidence of senior Govt officials involvement. Infact they referred to bribery in law enforcement instead. The two coptors, another interesting take when every detail of the costs are so publicly being talked about. Tell us, how much they really paid vs what they say. You seem to be singing Puff The Magic Dragon.